Welcome! This is a Non-Political and a Non-Profit site (to include its authors and contributors) and does not subscribe to any revisionist organizations. This site is only to explore the combat role and history of the European Waffen-SS in World War II. Enlistment rolls show that a total of 950,000 men (German and foreigners) served in its ranks between 1940 and 1945. This blog contains a collection of real events and information on these volunteers for historical research and documentation.

Recapture of Kharkov: March 11 – 15 1943

Third Battle of Kharkov (Donets Campaign)

SS-Panzerkorps entering Kharkov

At March 10 1943, SS-Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser pulled together his SS-Panzerkorps into an attack formation. For five days the Waffen-SS men battled through fanatical resistance in the concrete high-rise housing blocks that dominated the approaches to the city centre of Kharkov. Images: Waffen-SS Panzers and Panzergrenadiers work their way forward, while Panzers rolls into action in the streets of Kharkov. Commons: Bundesarchiv.